AACPS Secures State Funding for SoCo Schools

Anne Arundel County Public Schools has tentatively secured $18 million from the state for local school facility improvements, including projects at Lothian and Deale elementary schools.

After Gov. Martin O’Malley announced plans Monday to spend $336 million on school construction projects throughout the state, an Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) official expressed optimism about receiving necessary funding to finance local facility improvements. For the 2014 fiscal year starting in July of this year, AACPS asked the state to finance certain school construction projects—including the replacement of Lothian elementary. Superintendent Kevin Maxwell’s proposed $239 million capital budget for fiscal year 2014 asks the state to provide about $47.2 for facility upgrades. As of December, the school system had tentatively secured about $18 million of the requested $47.2 million, said the school styem's chief operating …

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